QGIS: Return hexagon tiles which intersect with shapefile

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I am trying to compare two shapefiles in QGIS and want to have a result in which only one of the two shapefiles shows the intersecting shapes.

An example what I am trying to achieve can be found here: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=03388990d3274160afe240ac54763e57

I have created a hexagon pattern by using the MMQGIS plugin in QGIS with the following result (see picture 1 of the following link):

Example images

In the second picture of the Example images link, the shapefile it needs to intersect with and only return hexagons that have an intersect to the shapefile can be seen.

I have tried several vector geoprocessing tools (Intersect, Clip, Difference), but have not been able to get the results I want.

Any help would be appreciated!

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Update: I have found a solution in which I make use of Shapely (Python) and loop through both shapes and return intersecting polygons. The found polygons are written back to a file. – Nils de Bruin

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I have found a solution in which I make use of Shapely (Python) and loop through both shapes and return intersecting polygons. The found polygons are written back to a file.